Everyone hates litter. And for more than 50 years, countries, cities and communities have waged war on the filthy litterbugs who shame our streets and parks.
Who can forget ‘Keep Britain Tidy’? Then came ‘Don’t be a Litterbug’, ‘Be a Binner Not a Sinner’ and ‘Let's get Bitter about Litter.’
And The Golden Skip prize goes to Australia for the crude-but-cracking ‘Don’t be a Tosser’ campaign that went worldwide.
So much effort. So much creativity. Yet still so much filth and debris making lives miserable.
But now, more than ever before, we can consign litter louts to the rubbish bin of history.
In Your Area has nearly 4m users across the UK. We operate in, and have users in, every single UK postcode district.
Which means we have a huge army of people who care and can make things happen.
So today, on behalf of 4m people, we say: DON’T TRASH OUR FUTURE and we demand the punishment for littering is raised to a £1,000 fine or 100 hours of supervised community litter picking.
And we insist that it’s compulsory for local authorities to enforce the law.
How do we make this reality? Simply sign our petition and at 100,000 signatures we will call for it be considered for a debate in Parliament.
And with 4m voices behind us we will lobby MPs and ministers to drive through real change that makes things cleaner, healthier, and more beautiful In Your Area.
Together we can win - and ensure those who don’t have respect for our streets, fields and pathways Don’t Trash our Future.
